If rumours are to be believed, ABC planned on cancelling the ratings-challenged Marvel TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. last year after its fourth season, only to be blocked from doing so by Disney, who mandated a fifth season renewal. Well, with season five now in full swing and the Avengers spinoff slipping to series lows […]
Razzies 2018: The Emoji Movie leads the “winners” of the 38th Golden Raspberry Awards
Despite some stiff competition from the likes of Transformers: The Last Knight, The Golden Raspberry Awards has “honoured” the animated film The Emoji Movie with the Razzie for Worst Picture of 2017. The tongue-in-cheek awards ceremony, which traditionally takes place every year the day before the Oscars, also bestowed Worst Director, Worst Screenplay and Worst […]
Promo images from the series finale of Star Wars Rebels
This coming Monday marks the series finale of Disney XD’s Star Wars Rebels, and after releasing a couple of trailers during the week [watch them here and here], Lucasfilm has now unveiled a batch of promotional images from the first part of the triple-bill finale, ‘A Fool’s Hope’. SEE ALSO: Star Wars Rebels creator says […]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi retired the Wilhelm scream
Following the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, it was initially thought that director Rian Johnson had opted against including the iconic “I have a bad feeling about this” line from the movie, only for the filmmaker to reveal that it was present, albeit delivered by BB-8 in droidspeak. However, while that tradition was […]
Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington team for Little Fires Everywhere
According to Deadline, Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies) and Kerry Washington (Scandal) are set to executive produce and star in a TV adaptation of Celese Ng’s bestselling book Little Fires Everywhere. Published in 2017, Little Fires Everywhere follows two families living in 1990s Shaker Heights, Ohio who are brought together through their children. Liz Tigelaar […]
School of Rock’s Tony Cavalero to play Ozzy Osbourne in Motley Crue biopic
Tony Cavalero, star of Nickelodeon’s School of Rock TV series, has signed on to appear in the upcoming Motley Crue biopic The Dirt, where he will portray British rock legend Ozzy Osbourne. The film is being directed by Jeff Tremaine (Jackass) and is based upon Motley Crue’s 2001 autobiography The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s […]
Boyd Holbrook to write and star in sci-fi action thriller The Thirst
Following on from last month’s announcement that Boyd Holbrook is set to reunite with Netflix for In the Shadow of the Moon, it is now being reported that the Narcos and Logan star is set to write and star in The Thirst. Plot details for the project are being kept under wraps, but THR reports […]
The Hunger Games writer to pen Logan’s Run for X-Men: Dark Phoenix director
Having been in development for several years now, it looks like Warner Bros. may finally be ready to move forward with its Logan’s Run remake. Deadline is reporting that the studio has closed a deal for Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Dark Phoenix) to direct from a script by The Hunger Games writer Peter Craig. Kinberg originally […]
It star Chosen Jacobs joins Stephen King series Castle Rock
Deadline is reporting that It star Chosen Jacobs is set for a return to the world of Stephen King, having signed on to appear in the new TV series Castle Rock. Jacobs, who played the character of Mike Hanlon in last year’s hugely successful horror film, will portray Wendell Deaver, the son of Henry Deaver (Moonlight’s […]
Highlander reboot moving forward following script rewrite
Earlier today we brought you the news that The Crow remake is moving forward for release in 2019, and now we have word that another long-gestating reboot is finally set to drag itself out of Development Hell. According to Deadline, Lionsgate has given the green light to Highlander and is set to begin pre-production on […]
